Good Riddance is Coming to Canada this Fall
Earlier this year, one of Fat Wreck Chords‘ most revered bands, Good Riddance, officially returned with its first new album since 2006’s My Republic. What we got was Peace in Our Time, an in-your-face effort that makes the listener feel as if the band – Russ Rankin, Luke Pabich, Chuck Platt and Sean Sellers – never went away.
Good Riddance hasn’t toured extensively since its return, but beginning this September the band will go on its first cross-Canada tour in quite some time. It’ll all begin on September 30 in Quebec City and wrap up on October 24 in Winnipeg.
“I’ve always held myself to a very high-standard as a song writer – whether it’s for this band or another band,” said Good Riddance frontman Russ Rankin during a 2015 interview with Riffyou.com. “For me, it was really all about taking everything I learned in the five years that Good Riddance wasn’t playing…where I was working with Only Crime and learning different songs, with different people and producing a whole different type of album…and applying that to this process. I learned about structure, melody, where my voice sits and what a good range is. Then it was about exceeding, probably, the low expectations that people would have about us reuniting…like, ‘Oh these guys are washed up and they’re making an album because they have to.’ We wanted to make something and have people say ‘Holy fuck, these guys are totally not washed up.’ That was our game plan.”
Tour Dates:
September 30: Salle Multi – Quebec City, QC.
October 1: Corona Theatre – Montreal, QC.
October 2: Ritual – Ottawa, ON.
October 3: Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON.
October 17: The Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC.
October 20: Marquee Beer Market – Calgary, AB.
October 21: Starlight Room – Edmonton, AB.
October 22: Louis’ – Saskatoon, SK.
October 23: The Exchange – Regina, SK.
October 24: Pyramid Cabaret – Winnipeg, MB.
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